Rose Woman Face Embroidery Design, Floral Portrait, Instant Download

The rose and the womans face sort of grow into each other here, thats the whole idea. The right half of the face is there, a strong brow, a defined eye with thick lashes, a soft nose and full lips. Then the rest of her head becomes a huge blooming rose, petals layered in crimson and hot pink with crosshatch shading running through em that catches the light like proper etching work. Her hair flows out below into more leaves, big botanical leaves with fine-line vein detail fanning down underneath. 7 sizes from 5.5 inch up to 8.5 inch wide, stitches range between 12,422 and 16,659.

I get messages from wedding florists and beauty studios about this one. One customer ordered it last spring for her botanical wellness brand and had it stitched on cream linen tote bags for her relaunch event. She said the clients kept asking about the artist. The scale of the rose really shows at the 8-inch size on a tote or cushion, where you can actually see the petal crosshatching individually.

Put it on white, cream, or ivory fabric. Linen canvas is my favourite ground for this design because the texture of the linen plays into the etching style of the linework. Avoid busy patterns completely, the fine-line hatching wont survive competing with a patterned ground. Stitch the smaller 5.5-inch on a journal cover or book sleeve, the bigger 8-inch on a pillow or tote front panel.

Cutaway stabiliser is the right call here, the density sits at 305 and the multi-layer rose section needs solid backing. The satin hatching on the rose petals is the densest area so dont rush those passes. Keep your speed at about 600 stitches per minute through the rose head.

If the crosshatch detail on the petals looks mushy on your stitch-out, your tension or stabiliser is probably the culprit. Check your bobbin first, a loose bobbin is the usual reason those fine etching lines blur. If its still giving trouble after that, drop me a line and Ill check the file settings for ya.